2021-06-14

Update June 14 2021: SNB intervening. Sight Deposits have risen by +0.2 bn CHF, this means that the SNB is intervening and buying Euros and Dollars.

2021-05-26

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) can expand its balance sheet further if needed, says chairman of the board Thomas Jordan.

2021-04-16

In many ways, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is unprecedented. The economic shock has been global and massive, affecting both economic supply and demand simultaneously. To mitigate the economic impact, the crisis response has had to be swift and innovative – including in Switzerland.

2021-03-01

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) recorded a profit of CHF20.9 billion (almost $23 billion) in 2020, less than half of the CHF48.9 billion it made in 2019.

2021-02-08

Authored by Brendan Brown via The Mises Institute,Never mind that the US Treasury’s indictment late last year of Switzerland as a currency manipulator rested on some flawed evidence and does not identify the crime.

2021-02-05

Die Devisenreserven der Schweizerischen Nationalbank (SNB) sind im Januar um 3,90 Milliarden Franken gestiegen. Per Ende des Berichtsmonats lag der Wert bei 896,15 Milliarden Franken, nachdem es Ende Dezember noch 892,25 Milliarden Franken gewesen waren.

2021-02-02

“Wenn es der Nationalbank über die Jahre gut geht, kann sie viel ausschütten. Wenn es aber schlechter geht, werden wir die Ausschüttungen wieder reduzieren”, sagte Jordan weiter. Dabei stütze sich die neue, am vergangenen Freitag kommunizierte Vereinbarung auf die alten Abmachungen zur Ausschüttung an Bund und Kantone, nur dass die Bilanz und die Ausschüttungs-Reserve heute deutlich höher seien als vorher.

2020-12-18

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to have a strong adverse effect on the economy. Against this difficult backdrop, the SNB is maintaining its expansionary monetary policy with a view to stabilising economic activity and price developments.